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When a power outage struck on one of Mitta Mitta Brewing Company's busiest days of the year, three things kept the family-run business ticking over.

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Wood for the pizza oven, gas in the barbecue and beer lines, and cash in customers' pockets.

"The electricity flipped off at 11am on the dot, just as we opened and the first group of, like, 30 guests came into the driveway," venue manager Jen Cabelka tells AAP.

Power blackouts and network outages are somewhat co

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